1990 Player of the year - Germany
1990 Player of the year - Europe
1990 Player of the year - World Wide
1990 The only football player in the world elected
"the Athlete of the Year"
1991 Player of the year - World Wide
1999 Player of the year - Germany
since 2001 Honorary team captain
German National Team
since 2004 FIFA Top 100 Players of the World
November 2012 Golden Foot awarded, Monaco, one
of the best players of all time
June 2014 Guinness World Record
Certificate represented his country at five World Cups
(Spain 1982, Mexico 1986, Italy 1990, USA 1994, and France 1998), playing in a
record-setting total of 25 matches